IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL HYDERABAD A BENCH, HYDERABAD BEFORE SHRI CHANDRA POOJARI, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER AND SMT. ASHA VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JUDICIAL MEMBER ITA NO. ASST. YR. APPELLANT RESPONDENT 1701/HYD/11 2007-08 M/S. BHARANI AGRO PVT. LTD., HYDERABAD PAN:AACCB1168P ITO (OSD) CENTRAL CIR- HYDERABAD. 1702/HYD/11 2007-08 M/S. BHIMA AGRO FARMS PVT. LTD., HYDERABAD. PAN:AABCB5747R ACIT (OSD), CENTRAL CIR-1, HYDERABAD. 1703/HYD/11 2007-08 M/S. BRAHMAPUTRA GREENLANDS PVT. LTD., HYDERABAD. PAN:AABCB5748A ACIT (OSD), CEN. RANGE- 1, HYDERABAD. 1704/HYD/11 2007-08 M/S. REVATHI AGRO TECH PVT. LTD., HYDERABAD. PAN:AACCR 4368R ITO (OSD)-2, CEN. RANGE- 1, HYD. 1705/HYD/11 2007-08 M/S ANURADHA GREENLANDS PVT. LTD., HYDERABAD. PAN:AAECA1845N ITO (OSD), CEN.RANGE-1, HYDERABAD. APPELLANTS BY : NONE RESPONDENT BY : SHRI T. DIWAKAR PRASAD DATE OF HEARING : 26.12.2011 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 26-12-2011 ORDER PER CHANDRA POOJARI, A.M. THESE APPEALS PREFERRED BY DIFFERENT ASSESSEES ARE DIRECTED AGAINST SEPARATE ORDERS PASSED BY THE CIT (A), ITA NOS.1701 TO 1705/HG/11 M/S. BHARANI AGRO P. LTD. & OTHERS HYDERABAD =============================== 2 HYDERABAD AND THEY ALL PERTAIN TO THE ASSESSMENT YE AR 2007-08. 2. THESE CASES WERE FIXED FOR HEARING TO-DAY I.E. ON 26- 12-2011 AFTER ISSUING RPAD TO THE CONCERNED ASSESSE S. THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CARD FOR RECEIPT OF NOTICES IS ON R ECORD. IN SPITE OF THIS, NEITHER ANYBODY APPEARED ON BEHALF O F THE ASSESSEE NOR ANY APPLICATION FOR ADJOURNMENT WAS FI LED. HENCE, WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT THE ASSESSES ARE NOT INTERESTED IN PROSECUTING THESE APPEALS. AS HELD B Y THE HONBLE ITAT, DELHI BENCH IN THE CASE OF CIT VS. MU LTIPLAN INDIA LIMITED (38 ITD 320), THERE MAY BE VARIOUS RE ASONS FOR THE ASSESSEE TO REMAIN ABSENT AT THE TIME OF HE ARING. ONE OF THE REASONS MIGHT BE A DESIGN OR ABSENCE OF NEED TO PROSECUTE THE APPEAL. BY FOLLOWING THE SAID DECISI ON AND CONSIDERING THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE PRES ENT CASES, WE DISMISS THE APPEALS IN LIMINE. 3. IN THE RESULT, ALL THE APPEALS FILED BY THE AS SESSEES STAND DISMISSED. ORDER WAS PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 26-12- 2011 SD/- (ASHA VIJAYA RAGHAVAN) SD/- (CHANDRA POOJARI) JUDICIAL MEMBER ACCOUNTANT MEMBER DATED THE 26 TH DECEMBER, 2011 ITA NOS.1701 TO 1705/HG/11 M/S. BHARANI AGRO P. LTD. & OTHERS HYDERABAD =============================== 3 COPY FORWARDED TO: 1. ALL APPELLANTS C/O M/S. SEKHAR & CO., CAS, 133/4, R.P. ROAD, SECUNDERABAD-500 003. 2. ITO (OSD)/ACIT (OSD) CENTRAL RANGE-1, HYDERABAD. 3. THE CIT(A)-VII, HYDERABAD 4. THE CIT CONCERNED, HYDERABAD 5. THE DR, ITAT, HYDERABAD JMR*